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in a statement they blamed the obama administration saying we are concerned that the rush to build up the afghan national security forces as quickly as possible, so that u.s. forces could begin withdrawing on the administration's timetable, has contributed to the problem of the so-called insider attacks. they do have a point when it comes to the fact that they did build up the afghan security forces much too quickly. a couple years ago the goal was to bring the afghan security forces to a level that was more than 300,000 and we said it two years ago and we've said it now, it seemed to be more about quantity than quality. i went to the training centers where they were recruiting these soldiers and police officers, and they were just villagers who were coming in. people who did not know anything about security forces, maybe it was someone who wanted a better salary and, obviously, the taliban said they used that opportunity to infiltrate the security forces. but at the same time, the obama administration conditions have the finger-pointed at them just by themselves. again, as mic pointe
in a statement they blamed the obama administration saying we are concerned that the rush to build up the afghan national security forces as quickly as possible, so that u.s. forces could begin withdrawing on the administration's timetable, has contributed to the problem of the so-called insider attacks. they do have a point when it comes to the fact that they did build up the afghan security forces much too quickly. a couple years ago the goal was to bring the afghan security forces to a level...
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there was no way that the obama administration wanted to put the brez in that situation. this is all over how much per truck essentially to charge. it was sort of in hundreds of dollars. is it pakistan now wants to make it thousands of dollars. this is about zardari's own domestic politics. there was a calculation made if the president sat down with zardari, he would use that moment frankly to show that he was standing up to the americans and as some sort of domestic political play and they didn't want to be used as a prop. >> the bottom line is that the u.s. and pakistan has done downhill the last five or six months. >> compare the relationship with karzai which is as good as it's probably ever been in this president's administration considering karzai wasn't a big fan of obama at first because of press bush and now everything has flipped. >> this notre dame lawsuit a big challenge coming right after secretary sebelius was booed when she gave a commencement speech at george two. there still is this catholic issue. political problem? >> it depends on how quickly this adva
there was no way that the obama administration wanted to put the brez in that situation. this is all over how much per truck essentially to charge. it was sort of in hundreds of dollars. is it pakistan now wants to make it thousands of dollars. this is about zardari's own domestic politics. there was a calculation made if the president sat down with zardari, he would use that moment frankly to show that he was standing up to the americans and as some sort of domestic political play and they...
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that's obviously the desire of the obama administration, quite rightly. and the european union to see if diplomacy might be at least part of the answer to resolving this problem. so i think that the chances are reasonably good that we will see negotiations in the next several months, regarding iran's nuclear future. >> nicholas burns, thank you very much. >> thanks, andrea. and the u.s., europe, and arab nations are now moving quickly to demand a cease-fire in syria, where the government's relentless attacks on civilians have placed that country on the brink of civil war. richard engel has more on the scale of destruction inside syria. >> reporter: for the last several weeks, all of homs has been surrounded by syrian government forces. they have been shelling the city from the outside, but the opposition does control a few pockets within the city, and this media center was in one of those pockets. it was one of the only places that had limited internet access. the journalists were in this center this morning when it was destroyed by a rocket, apparently f
that's obviously the desire of the obama administration, quite rightly. and the european union to see if diplomacy might be at least part of the answer to resolving this problem. so i think that the chances are reasonably good that we will see negotiations in the next several months, regarding iran's nuclear future. >> nicholas burns, thank you very much. >> thanks, andrea. and the u.s., europe, and arab nations are now moving quickly to demand a cease-fire in syria, where the...
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attorney general, that he trade his endorsement and have a role in the obama administration. that was a sign of profound delusion in 2008. i think he's as deluded now as he was then. that part of the speech where he focused on quinn and he had nothing inappropriate about a father being proud of his daughter no matter who the mother is, but had it not been for the affair that produced quinn, he would never have been on the courthouse steps. he not only talked about her but talked about her with a degree of emotion in his voice. he seemed to choke up at one point. he talked more about her than his other children. it was a little weird. in the context of god is not through with me yet, i think he is still a little bit, i don't want to say mentally unstable but he has delusions of grandeur. he will never be in elected office again. regardless of the verdict, the depth of the country's revulsion at john edwards is still pretty pro found. he's not going to be able to rehabilitate himself i think ever in his life. >> lisa myers, just play for a moment one of his aides because you're
attorney general, that he trade his endorsement and have a role in the obama administration. that was a sign of profound delusion in 2008. i think he's as deluded now as he was then. that part of the speech where he focused on quinn and he had nothing inappropriate about a father being proud of his daughter no matter who the mother is, but had it not been for the affair that produced quinn, he would never have been on the courthouse steps. he not only talked about her but talked about her with...
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the obama administration position is they don't want to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. there is a digregz between president obama and former president clinton. no question about it. >> and republicans are having a field day with it. they have been all over the floor and the airwaves trying to make the point because they are taking pleasure in trying to show that they were trying to drive a wedge between the two. >> which is no surprise of course. they are going to jump on that. it will be left to president clinton to now figure out a way to kind of double back and make the argument in the end that what president obama is doing economically is superior to what governor romney would do. we will hear more of that in the coming days. >> we can hear more as to what they would do. thank you very much. thanks for joining us today. up next, former mississippi governor and republican party chair, haley barbour reacting. the fair pay fight for women. this is "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. emily's just starting out... and on a budget. like a ramen noodle- every-night bu
the obama administration position is they don't want to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. there is a digregz between president obama and former president clinton. no question about it. >> and republicans are having a field day with it. they have been all over the floor and the airwaves trying to make the point because they are taking pleasure in trying to show that they were trying to drive a wedge between the two. >> which is no surprise of course. they are going to...
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so the obama administration was a lot more involved in trying to shape iraqi politics and you would think from just reading the papers. >> we hear from the administration, from the president, we got out of iraq, we solved the iraq war. is it solved? >> well, first of all, it's important to recognize that the goal was not to get out of iraq. actually, it conducted the -- the administration conducted a negotiation with the iraqis, with the aim of legitimizing the presence of some 5,000 american troops. >> with the iraqis refused to accept. >> they refused to accept but also the americans started very late, they opened the negotiation in june, just allowed several months for it. the president was not so directly involved in it, although the vice president was. vice president biden. the americans were hobbled by divisi division. the state wanted much more agreement than the white house did. >> with the war fatigue and challenges in syria, a continuing escalating level of violence in afghanistan, there is no appetite to try to fix whatever wasn't finished in iraq? >> well, certainly american f
so the obama administration was a lot more involved in trying to shape iraqi politics and you would think from just reading the papers. >> we hear from the administration, from the president, we got out of iraq, we solved the iraq war. is it solved? >> well, first of all, it's important to recognize that the goal was not to get out of iraq. actually, it conducted the -- the administration conducted a negotiation with the iraqis, with the aim of legitimizing the presence of some...
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what is the goal of the obama administration in regard to this announcement? >> it does gut no child left behind for some extent. no child left behind is a bubl era laws that aims to make all students proficient in reading and math that. criticism stems from the fact folks said it was penalizing schools that didn't live up to yearly standards. stripping federal funding from some of those schools, for example. this september president obama said states can obtain a waiver from no child left behind, as long as they provide a viable alternative educational plan, a plan that shows they will get students ready for college and the work force. the big announcement today is that ten schools do, in fact, qualify for that. this is a big deal because just as of last year about half of the nation schools were getting a failing grade under no child left behind. big announcement coming shortly. >> kristen welker at the white house, thank you so much. looking regal in your red. >> thank you, luke. >>> top republican leaders are rallying the troops at cpac in washington today
what is the goal of the obama administration in regard to this announcement? >> it does gut no child left behind for some extent. no child left behind is a bubl era laws that aims to make all students proficient in reading and math that. criticism stems from the fact folks said it was penalizing schools that didn't live up to yearly standards. stripping federal funding from some of those schools, for example. this september president obama said states can obtain a waiver from no child...
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bush, you've worked under the obama administration. are you uncomfortable with some of the campaign ads and the campaign rhetoric coming from the white house on this? >> well, andrea, as you said, i was no nominated by president bush, i served president obama and i will tell you neither president ever asked me who i voted for, neither president asked me who party i was a member of. i'm going to associate myself with chairman mull. who has been a great leader and a in the my time in the administration and after, i'm focused on trying to stop terrorists, i'm not actually even thinking about how this is used in campaign rhetoric. i think that the united states should be proud of what we did a year ago. i think that that was a result of incredibly hard work in the republican administration, incredibly hard work culminated in a democratic administration, and i'll just leave it at that. >> incredibly hard work by you and your colleagues. just a word on that, this all occurred during the weekend of your wedding. you were married saturday nigh
bush, you've worked under the obama administration. are you uncomfortable with some of the campaign ads and the campaign rhetoric coming from the white house on this? >> well, andrea, as you said, i was no nominated by president bush, i served president obama and i will tell you neither president ever asked me who i voted for, neither president asked me who party i was a member of. i'm going to associate myself with chairman mull. who has been a great leader and a in the my time in the...
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you have an obama administration that flaunts a website, applauding cradled to grave dependency with julia. an obama website that encourages people to understand that what he is for is an expansion of government so government can take care of them. mitt romney puts numbers on that and says we have a campaign in which those that support big government are on one side and those that support the private sector approach are on the other side. that's the big issue we ought to be debating. and you fall for this idea that by quantifying it as a 47/47 divide, to start with, now you got to start parsing all these things. the polls are 47/47. that's where the starting point is. and they're battling over the 6% in the middle. 90% of -- >> governor -- >> governor romney is not talking about the polls. governor, governor romney was not talking about the polls. he was talking about the 47/53, we know it came from eric ericss ericsson, we know this has been a repeated theme -- >> he was talking about the percentage of people voting for obama. he said it. >> he's talk -- >> he has 47, i have 47. >>
you have an obama administration that flaunts a website, applauding cradled to grave dependency with julia. an obama website that encourages people to understand that what he is for is an expansion of government so government can take care of them. mitt romney puts numbers on that and says we have a campaign in which those that support big government are on one side and those that support the private sector approach are on the other side. that's the big issue we ought to be debating. and you...
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administration to china came in response to ads that mitt romney is running calling out president obama over china. so that, in fact, this is reactive. i would say regardless of why the president is doing what he's doing he's doing it in the state of ohio that we know is of absolutely critical importance to mitt romney and a state that we know as of today mitt romney is behind. >> mark halperin, little doubt that it is reactive, but it is one of privileges or powers of incumbency. >> it is. you know, one of the advantages the president an his team have, they've been sitting around for three and a half years, waiting for an opponent, knowing what their vulnerabilities and having gamd out the research, video, response ads when mitt romney put up an ad on china a few days ago the next day the obama campaign had a response ad on china up. they think they can diffuse the issue with this like this, keep it to enough of a draw, even in governor romney has a bit of an advantage it's not dispositive in determining the outcome of the election. i've heard governor romney talk about china quite a b
administration to china came in response to ads that mitt romney is running calling out president obama over china. so that, in fact, this is reactive. i would say regardless of why the president is doing what he's doing he's doing it in the state of ohio that we know is of absolutely critical importance to mitt romney and a state that we know as of today mitt romney is behind. >> mark halperin, little doubt that it is reactive, but it is one of privileges or powers of incumbency....
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if that happens, where does that leave the united states and the obama administration? embarrassed about my skin. [ designer ] enough of just covering up my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. i decided enough is enough. ♪ [ spa lady ] i started enbrel. it's clinically proven to provide clearer skin. [ rv guy ] enbrel may not work for everyone -- and may not clear you completely, but for many, it gets skin clearer fast, within 2 months, and keeps it clearer up to 9 months. [ male announcer ] because enbrel suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal, events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and discuss whether you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. don't start enbrel if you have an infection like the flu. tell your doctor if you're prone to infections, have cuts or sores, have had hepatitis b, have been treated for heart failure, or
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administration sent out there. i don't get the sense that's the case. i'll tell you why, because they haven't -- they quickly very quickly backed away and said no, this is not a thing that we're purposely doing. this is not a change in position. david axelrod on a conference call with reporters this morning said take a look at mitt romney's position. don't look over here, look over here move. >> i was on that conference call. he basically ducked it. they came out so quickly with this walkback. this was not a trial balloon. this was joe biden being joe bide. >> and and you know what's interesting, andrea, is that president obama himself has repeatedly acknowledged he struggles with this. he uses the word his position is evolving. but has not been willing to say he supports gay marriage. i think the reason is, there's politics in everything. i think the reason is, it would help him with a portion of his base, absolutely, gaze and lesbians it would be a huge deal. but african-americans, another key pillar of president
administration sent out there. i don't get the sense that's the case. i'll tell you why, because they haven't -- they quickly very quickly backed away and said no, this is not a thing that we're purposely doing. this is not a change in position. david axelrod on a conference call with reporters this morning said take a look at mitt romney's position. don't look over here, look over here move. >> i was on that conference call. he basically ducked it. they came out so quickly with this...
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is that what the obama administration is trying to say? >> i think tough leadership, strategic decision-making, counseling with the generals, but making the decision, whether it's in iraq, to responsibly bring all 142,000 troops home, or set a timetable, work in the international community with partnerships strengthen that country, so it can continue on its own for it is sovereignty and its independence, that's the policy the president has laid out. mitt romney, on the other hand has been fairly feckless and clueless and reckless on this policy. he's changed his opinion on it. he changed his opinion, as i mentioned on whether or not it was worth moving resources to go get bin laden, and he's changed his mind even when the president was successful in putting together an international collision to go after gadhafi in libya and was successful. i think governor romney that is flip flopped on that issue as well. congressman tim roemer, a man of many accomplishments, one of which is is joining us on the show, thank you. >> good to see you. thank
is that what the obama administration is trying to say? >> i think tough leadership, strategic decision-making, counseling with the generals, but making the decision, whether it's in iraq, to responsibly bring all 142,000 troops home, or set a timetable, work in the international community with partnerships strengthen that country, so it can continue on its own for it is sovereignty and its independence, that's the policy the president has laid out. mitt romney, on the other hand has been...
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the obama administration is right they don't want to go into syria. they have avoided a u.s. military intervention but chemical weapons changes everything in the calculation. the a divisive and dangerous moment in the syrian civil war. >> it's scary, scary stuff. ambassador, i want to get your take on one other thing. secretary of state clinton had some comments about ambassador rice, someone who is speculated as her successor to secretary and of state. i want to play that for you. >> it's important to remember what susan said was based on the information that had been given to every senior official. in our administration. and she made very clear in her appearances that the information was subject to change, as more facts were gathered and analyzed by the intelligence community and looked, as often the case, our understanding evolved over time. and we've done our best to keep the american people and the congress informed. that was her goal. >> so obviously, secretary clinton offering a vigorous defense of susan rice, the context obviously being the attacks on benghazi and lib
the obama administration is right they don't want to go into syria. they have avoided a u.s. military intervention but chemical weapons changes everything in the calculation. the a divisive and dangerous moment in the syrian civil war. >> it's scary, scary stuff. ambassador, i want to get your take on one other thing. secretary of state clinton had some comments about ambassador rice, someone who is speculated as her successor to secretary and of state. i want to play that for you....
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administration mass made little, if any progress. "bending history" highlights the accomplishments and some failures. the co-author of "bending history" martin ten dig. what do you think is the biggest failure of resolve our execution? is it the arab/israeli conflict, which has not been addressed? >> i think it's the most obvious one, the president has done a good job of being the custodian of the national interesting, and essentially pulling out of the meet, and ending the wars in iraq and now afghanistan shifts the focus to asia, but the process part of the reason for that is a failure to resolved. >> he only embold under netanyahu and made it more difficu difficult. >>> that was one of the things undermining the the mind authorities it was reasonable to expect the israelis to constrain the activity, but he set a high goal, as he did in much of his foreign policy, put out these very high goals, soaring visions, so on, and then authorized his special envoy, george mitchell to negotiate something less than that, and the something les
administration mass made little, if any progress. "bending history" highlights the accomplishments and some failures. the co-author of "bending history" martin ten dig. what do you think is the biggest failure of resolve our execution? is it the arab/israeli conflict, which has not been addressed? >> i think it's the most obvious one, the president has done a good job of being the custodian of the national interesting, and essentially pulling out of the meet, and...
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administration. so the notion that it was politically motivated from the ground is certainly not something that investigators i've talked to here on capitol hill would back up. they don't see it that way. >> before we let you guys go, luke or kelly, what's the latest on student loans? are we going to avert that deadline so all the students don't face this huge increase in interest rates they pay? >> let the best go. >> what we're hearing is that they do have an agreement in principle ready to go. the voting likely on friday. it would put that off for a year, making it easier for students to know what their interest rate would be, tied to a highway and transportation bill which also includes funding for about three million construction jobs. so they're working on a deadline. looks like it will all stack up on friday for votes before the holiday recess. >> the big question there, keystone pipeline, whether it will be in or not. right now it looks like it will not be in there, they have more relaxed per
administration. so the notion that it was politically motivated from the ground is certainly not something that investigators i've talked to here on capitol hill would back up. they don't see it that way. >> before we let you guys go, luke or kelly, what's the latest on student loans? are we going to avert that deadline so all the students don't face this huge increase in interest rates they pay? >> let the best go. >> what we're hearing is that they do have an agreement in...
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i will tell you that over two administrations, the bush administration and obama administration, we always knew that u.s. consulates and embassies are absolutely prime targets for terrorist attacks. we've seen this before in the bush administration, we had attacks in the consulate in karachi and pakistan in saudi arabia, in jeddah, in syria, and elsewhere throughout the region. so this is not entirely new. we know the threat is there. i think what we've seen in libya is, obviously a government which still had a real challenge in using its own forces to protect the limited u.s. presence and very legitimate questions now about the degree of security that was there at the embassy. from what i understand, there still was no long specific actual intelligence about this attack, but it's quite clear there was a threat in libya generally, a specific threat that we'd seen over the previous couple months in benghazi, and now obviously the congress and the executive branch have to look hard and see should that security have been heightened, but as you noted, the diplomatic security within the state d
i will tell you that over two administrations, the bush administration and obama administration, we always knew that u.s. consulates and embassies are absolutely prime targets for terrorist attacks. we've seen this before in the bush administration, we had attacks in the consulate in karachi and pakistan in saudi arabia, in jeddah, in syria, and elsewhere throughout the region. so this is not entirely new. we know the threat is there. i think what we've seen in libya is, obviously a government...
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government or obama administration apologizing for terrorists or sympathizing with them. what i heard from the president and secretary clinton was a very definite rejection of terrorism and, of course, our government's going to call on the egyptian and libyan governments to apprehend these people and to put them on trial. so i just think that governor romney has in a very unwise way, injected himself into a situation where he clearly doesn't have all the facts. >> ambassador burns, where do we first meet? what was the first white house you worked? >> i worked for both republican and democratic administrations. >> i think i met you in the bush administration. >> george h.w. bush. >> george herbert walker bush, when i first met you you were a russian expert. >> yes. >> working with condoleezza rice and brent scowcroft. >> yes. >> hardly an obama partisan. i don't know whom you've endorsed we haven't talked about that, we usually talk about foreign policy. i don't know if you've endorsed anyone in this campaign. >> andrea, i was a foreign service officer myself for nearly 27
government or obama administration apologizing for terrorists or sympathizing with them. what i heard from the president and secretary clinton was a very definite rejection of terrorism and, of course, our government's going to call on the egyptian and libyan governments to apprehend these people and to put them on trial. so i just think that governor romney has in a very unwise way, injected himself into a situation where he clearly doesn't have all the facts. >> ambassador burns, where...
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the obama administration appealed that ruling, because at that point it did not want to return any yemeni prisoners to yemen, a country viewed as too unstable, the security declined to review the case. just in june, mr. lateef was known to have gone on multiple hunger strikes including one just last may when i was down there looking at the facility, hearing from u.s. military officials how improved conditions were at gitmo, and then was also disciplinary problem had thrown a cocktail of bodily fluids at a guard causing him to be disciplined. his lawyer told us he had good reason to be rebellious because this was a guy who was scheduled to be released. >> michael isikoff, this is only going to raise more questions indeed. thank you very much. >>> and next, the obama campaign is hitting mitt romney hard on national security. >> 9/11 should have been a wake-up call. you cannot take it for granted. we have to make sure people don't forget that message. >> plus, new york city mayor michael bloomberg, who will be on our show right here tomorrow. this is "andrea mitchell reports." we'll be right
the obama administration appealed that ruling, because at that point it did not want to return any yemeni prisoners to yemen, a country viewed as too unstable, the security declined to review the case. just in june, mr. lateef was known to have gone on multiple hunger strikes including one just last may when i was down there looking at the facility, hearing from u.s. military officials how improved conditions were at gitmo, and then was also disciplinary problem had thrown a cocktail of bodily...
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administration to run against obama. it's unclear where had guy is going. >> to be continued. lois romano, thanks very much. >>> topping the headlines, george zimmer pan is a free man today after posting 10% of the $150,000 bail and leaving the sanford jail at midnight last night in florida. dim zimmerman did not speak to reporters before getting into a car and leaving. no word where he was headed. he will be monitored. >>> the u.s. has agreed to use the american military to help defend afghanistan for at least another 12 years. a period that stretches a decade beyond the 2014 deadline for withdrawal of combat troops. >>> the strategic pact was signed on sunday and includes a financial commitment in the neighborhood of $40 billion and a promise that the u.s. not use afghanistan as a is takening ground for attacks on other countries. >>> president obama introduced new sanctions on syria today even as troops there again defied a u.n. cease fire killing dozens of citizens. earlier today, nobel peace prize laureate he wil la
administration to run against obama. it's unclear where had guy is going. >> to be continued. lois romano, thanks very much. >>> topping the headlines, george zimmer pan is a free man today after posting 10% of the $150,000 bail and leaving the sanford jail at midnight last night in florida. dim zimmerman did not speak to reporters before getting into a car and leaving. no word where he was headed. he will be monitored. >>> the u.s. has agreed to use the american...
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joining me now is congressman chaffetz, one of the biggest critics of the obama administration's handling of the benghazi attack. what do you want to know? the senate has its own concerns. >> well i would love to know from the president back on june 6th when there was a terrorist attack on our benghazi facility was the president aware of that, what did he do about it. during the attack itself does not appear based on the information the department of defense revealed on friday, that the president took any action or gave any directive for our military to go in and engage in the fire fight and extract our forces and then the third part i want to know about is, why did the president mislead the american people about what happened on the ground because it was clear that the intelligence officers, the state department was able to witness this in real time. there was no indication there was a mob. no indication that a video was the jen ne sis of this. why did the administration for weeks mislead the american people. >> they claim they were not misleading the american people, it was a work in pr
joining me now is congressman chaffetz, one of the biggest critics of the obama administration's handling of the benghazi attack. what do you want to know? the senate has its own concerns. >> well i would love to know from the president back on june 6th when there was a terrorist attack on our benghazi facility was the president aware of that, what did he do about it. during the attack itself does not appear based on the information the department of defense revealed on friday, that the...
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administration, now a professor and vice provost at the university of pennsylvania and chair of the department of medical ethics and health policy at the perelman school of medicine. i can't add another title. we don't have enough space. dr. zeke, let's talk about the health care bill. how do you sell it to the american people? half the people were unaware or 41%, i should say, not aware of the supreme court ruling. the nation evenly divided right now. so it is a blank slate. we're seeing a pickup in democratic support but the swing voters are still out there. as a political matter, how does the white house -- >> you're asking the wrong doctor about politics. >> you've still got that emanuel gene in you. >> we have a communications challenge and i think the best way is to try to summarize the law and make clear what the various provisions are. there's still a lot of confusion about the mandate and what does it mean for people who already have employer based insurance. they don't understand that insurance satisfies the mandate and think they have to do more. many of the advantages, p
administration, now a professor and vice provost at the university of pennsylvania and chair of the department of medical ethics and health policy at the perelman school of medicine. i can't add another title. we don't have enough space. dr. zeke, let's talk about the health care bill. how do you sell it to the american people? half the people were unaware or 41%, i should say, not aware of the supreme court ruling. the nation evenly divided right now. so it is a blank slate. we're seeing a...
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last night the house voted to block the obama administration from using taxpayer funds to fight the defense of marriage act which the president stopped defending last year. the house armed services committee also advanced a american that you are would ban same sex marriage on military bases. and republicans in congress are not the only once pushing back. mitt romney not only came out to talk about his opposition to same sex marriage but they also stood by the federal
last night the house voted to block the obama administration from using taxpayer funds to fight the defense of marriage act which the president stopped defending last year. the house armed services committee also advanced a american that you are would ban same sex marriage on military bases. and republicans in congress are not the only once pushing back. mitt romney not only came out to talk about his opposition to same sex marriage but they also stood by the federal
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administration, for better or worse, has proposed. >> of course, the other criticism is that he has not -- he's left defense intact and has not conceded anything on the tax side so that's the other question that deficit hawks have about the ryan approach. david, what about the republican argument, though, that the president's medicare cuts or the slowing down in the growth of the rate of increase in medicare is really a gimmick because it is coming from providers, not from beneficiaries, and that that is always something that congress blinks on when it comes down to it? >> well, i think, look, it's a real cut, to some extent you have to say the republicans can't have it both ways. they can't on the one hand say obama's cuts a terrible cut that's going to damage people and on the other hand, it's a fiction that's not going to have any effect whatsoever. i think it's fair to say it's a real cut. it may have some effects. what we're setting up here is neither side has a plan to neither side has a plan to completely eliminate the long-term deficit. they both have ideas that would make a
administration, for better or worse, has proposed. >> of course, the other criticism is that he has not -- he's left defense intact and has not conceded anything on the tax side so that's the other question that deficit hawks have about the ryan approach. david, what about the republican argument, though, that the president's medicare cuts or the slowing down in the growth of the rate of increase in medicare is really a gimmick because it is coming from providers, not from beneficiaries,...
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as you know, this administration, the obama administration, does not want to provide arms to the rebels. they feel that again, there's evidence as you cited, they would get into the wrong hands. i would ask mitt romney, again, the method for arming the rebels and whether he was concerned about bad outcomes for that and as defense secretary leon panetta said recently, we do not want to go in there as we did in iraq, we do not want to make that kind of mistake again. i would also ask him about iran just to get into another topic, i would ask him if he would negotiate one-on-one with the iranians. over the weekend, the "times" reported that there was -- the administration was -- had agreed in principle to talks with iran, but mitt romney has not said one way or the other whether or not he would agree to that himself. it's a tough spot he's in because he does not want to be said to not agree to talks and be perceived as moving towards another war in the middle east. >> it's very striking that all of his surrogates from marco rubio to the other foreign policy advisors, dan senor, were not at
as you know, this administration, the obama administration, does not want to provide arms to the rebels. they feel that again, there's evidence as you cited, they would get into the wrong hands. i would ask mitt romney, again, the method for arming the rebels and whether he was concerned about bad outcomes for that and as defense secretary leon panetta said recently, we do not want to go in there as we did in iraq, we do not want to make that kind of mistake again. i would also ask him about...
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they fell behind, they got a modified mortgage under the obama administration's program and then that was rejected. so they got billed the back payments, they ended up in bankruptcy. the bank had the house, he left the keys on the kitchen table and then the city got him on a citation for tall grass on a house that the bank then owned. what will do we say to people like this who have done their part and are now losing all faith in america? >> you know, it's hard to explain it to people like him. i was talking to him at that house at 1900 west 10th street in south muncie, indiana. and he's out there cutting his grass hoping that will he would have a chance some dale to buy it back from the bank. here's a guy who every institution that should be protecting him, his city government, national government, the bank, the media, everyone in na town that should have been protecting him somehow didn't and yet he still has hope that maybe he can get his house back, that maybe at the very least he can not be fined $300 for weeds at his bank's house. the whole story that uses muncie to kind of show
they fell behind, they got a modified mortgage under the obama administration's program and then that was rejected. so they got billed the back payments, they ended up in bankruptcy. the bank had the house, he left the keys on the kitchen table and then the city got him on a citation for tall grass on a house that the bank then owned. what will do we say to people like this who have done their part and are now losing all faith in america? >> you know, it's hard to explain it to people...
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. >> the obama administration has said that it is going to punish anyone who is responsible for these leaks, and has appointed two investigators, two prosecutors, i should say, from the justice department to investigate. >> they have appointed two political appointments, that are appointed by -- they're already working and appointed by attorney general holder and president obama. they're presidential appointees. hardly independent voices. what's clear here and there's a growing consensus, there's got to be some sort of independent investigation where the person doing -- leading the investigation is not some appointee of the president's and that's why we need some kind of special counsel and again, just take it from the chairman of the senate select committee on intelligence, democrat senator dianne feinstein, who has really raised concerns here that i think people are starting to wake up to, and the need for this to be led independently of the investigation be led independently of administration, white house presidential appointees. >> one of the points that the presidential -- the pr
. >> the obama administration has said that it is going to punish anyone who is responsible for these leaks, and has appointed two investigators, two prosecutors, i should say, from the justice department to investigate. >> they have appointed two political appointments, that are appointed by -- they're already working and appointed by attorney general holder and president obama. they're presidential appointees. hardly independent voices. what's clear here and there's a growing...
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deputy press secretary for the obama administration, tony fratto, cnbc contributor and former press secretary for the george w. bush administration. you both know what the game is. tony, what was going on last night? >> you're talking about -- besides the excellent acceptance speech by governor romney? >> yes. besides the excellent acceptance speech. given. stipulated. >> look, it wasn't my thing. i know it's a lot of chatter this morning but look, i was really excited by a lot of the speeches over the course of the convention and especially concluding with governor romney's speech last night. i thought he gave a really powerful speech for him and you know, he met the goal that a lot of people have set out for him in this convention, which was to, you know, tell a little more of the mitt romney story, who he's about, despite bill's ads that he's been running and the attacks from opponents. >> we're going to play some of that tape. >> i'm sure you will. >> we are going to play some of the speech and i wanted to get to that. first, what in a prime time hour when every moment is so pre
deputy press secretary for the obama administration, tony fratto, cnbc contributor and former press secretary for the george w. bush administration. you both know what the game is. tony, what was going on last night? >> you're talking about -- besides the excellent acceptance speech by governor romney? >> yes. besides the excellent acceptance speech. given. stipulated. >> look, it wasn't my thing. i know it's a lot of chatter this morning but look, i was really excited by a...
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this is not something that's unique to the obama administration. this is something that goes on in every administration. you know, people support the president. people support a president and an administration. they raise money for that administration. and this is one of the ways, as you said, a perk, that the administration can say thank you to supporters and to, particularly, these fund-raisers and bundlers for all the work that they've done in the past and all the work that they're hoping those folks will continue to do in the future. so this is nothing new. in terms of fund-raisers being invited. but as you said, and it needs to be stressed, we know this because the obama campaign is putting it out there, willingly. here are the people who are raising money for us. and last i checked, that's not what's happening on the republican side. >> you know, jonathan, i want to make one or other quit point and move on to joe biden. it's worth noting, the last medal of honor recipient also in attendance. there are people with money in attendance, yes, the
this is not something that's unique to the obama administration. this is something that goes on in every administration. you know, people support the president. people support a president and an administration. they raise money for that administration. and this is one of the ways, as you said, a perk, that the administration can say thank you to supporters and to, particularly, these fund-raisers and bundlers for all the work that they've done in the past and all the work that they're hoping...
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administration, which has been his inability to get this economy going. >> good luck to you eric, and to all the candidates today. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> getting back to breaking news, u.s. intelligence showing increasing concern today that the nuclear threat is only part of the real threat that tehran maying embracing plots to attack american assets around the world. we have bruce with us. let's take it point by point, because we had all the intelligence officials testifying their semiannual threat assessment to the senate intelligence committee today. first of all, iran and the nuclear threat and what israel may or may not be doing. what is your sense from everything that you have gleaned from officials about where israel is and why we are hearing so much noise from israel and forces about the polli ipossibi military action. >> i think that there are some that fear the window of opportunity to do something about iran's nuclear program is getting smaller and smaller and the time for action, if there's to be military action, is getting shorter and shorter. the u.s. inte
administration, which has been his inability to get this economy going. >> good luck to you eric, and to all the candidates today. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> getting back to breaking news, u.s. intelligence showing increasing concern today that the nuclear threat is only part of the real threat that tehran maying embracing plots to attack american assets around the world. we have bruce with us. let's take it point by point, because we had all the intelligence...
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but the american people's look at this administration is, if it's a referendum on obama's policies and the results of those policies, we'll have a new president. that's why i think you'll see that the obama campaign will be all about anything but obama's record. you know, they say to you, andrea, this isn't a referendum on obama's record. it's choice between two people. we're going to try to smear one of them so you wouldn't want to elect them because obama can't run on his record. >> both campaigns are going to try to do that, are going to portray as negatively they can the opposition and attack the records in both cases. >> the big difference will be the republican campaign will be about policies, obama's policies, the fact yurs and what we would do differently. the obama campaign will not be about policy. >> the obama campaign will be about policy when it tries to challenge mitt romney's policies. you know they're going to try to do that, portray him as the etch-a-sketch candidate. >> that's not about policy. that is saying, well, he's a flip-flopper, you can't trust him, his charac
but the american people's look at this administration is, if it's a referendum on obama's policies and the results of those policies, we'll have a new president. that's why i think you'll see that the obama campaign will be all about anything but obama's record. you know, they say to you, andrea, this isn't a referendum on obama's record. it's choice between two people. we're going to try to smear one of them so you wouldn't want to elect them because obama can't run on his record. >>...
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takes money out of medicare, $700 billion to pay for obama care. you know, seniors understand that medicare needs to be reformed and there are reforms proposed from the left, reforms proposed from the right but they all have the point of saving medicare. making medicare stronger except what the president did with obama care. >> romney takes the same $716 billion out. the same number. >> the ryan plan is designed to make medicare stronger and it does it along the lines of medicare advantage and part d. it does it by giving seniors more choices and counting on them to police the waste and the fraud in the system and that's worked very well with medicare advantage and medicare part d. aimed at saving medicare. obama care takes money out of medicare to pay for a program that seniors can't use and most people don't want and i can tell you, seniors understand once medicare is seen as a cash cow to pay for the federal budget no matter what it is you can wave good-bye to it. i think that's a powerful point. i thought paul did a good job last night talking
takes money out of medicare, $700 billion to pay for obama care. you know, seniors understand that medicare needs to be reformed and there are reforms proposed from the left, reforms proposed from the right but they all have the point of saving medicare. making medicare stronger except what the president did with obama care. >> romney takes the same $716 billion out. the same number. >> the ryan plan is designed to make medicare stronger and it does it along the lines of medicare...
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chuck, president obama and the administration needs to strike a delicate balance here, it's an election year so president wants to seem tough on china but on the other hand he has to welcome him in large part because this is the person who will likely lead china for the next decade or so. so president obama today in previewing that buy lateral meeting said that he welcomed a growing china and they need to follow the rules of the road, of course that is a reference to china's currency. as you know, the administration has accused china in the past of manipulating the currency, and president saying he would address human rights issues with the vice president, as we speak, there are 200 protesters outside of the white house protesting china's policies in tibet, which they say amount to human rights violations and iran and syria on the table as you know, china has really broken with the united states, taking a very different view of what is happening in syria. so a lot of serious issues to address but all coming while president obama wants to welcome the vice president as he prepares to take
chuck, president obama and the administration needs to strike a delicate balance here, it's an election year so president wants to seem tough on china but on the other hand he has to welcome him in large part because this is the person who will likely lead china for the next decade or so. so president obama today in previewing that buy lateral meeting said that he welcomed a growing china and they need to follow the rules of the road, of course that is a reference to china's currency. as you...
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obama's children. including whether or not they're taking a trip. let's just stipulate that. i think that children for candidate purposes have always been off-limits in presidential campaigns. or really any campaign. i'm surprised that rick santorum wouldn't agree with that. i'll leave it at that. >> we will leave it there, as well. thank you very much, stephanie cutter. thanks for being with us today. >>> and up next, outrage is growing in florida as the parents of slain teen trayvon martin plead for police to make an arrest. still ahead, my conversation with former secretary of state condoleezza rice about trayvon martin, our nation's greatest national security challenge an d her own future. this is andrea mitchell reports. ♪ ♪ you do ♪ something to me ♪ that nobody else could do ♪ without the stuff that we make here, you wouldn't be able to walk in your house and flip on your lights. [ brad ] at ge we build turbines that power the world. they go into power plants which take some form of energy, harness it, and turn it into more efficient electricity. [ ron ] when
obama's children. including whether or not they're taking a trip. let's just stipulate that. i think that children for candidate purposes have always been off-limits in presidential campaigns. or really any campaign. i'm surprised that rick santorum wouldn't agree with that. i'll leave it at that. >> we will leave it there, as well. thank you very much, stephanie cutter. thanks for being with us today. >>> and up next, outrage is growing in florida as the parents of slain teen...
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. >> with respect to you, andrea, barack obama is the commander in chief and members of congress, this is true no matter -- throughout all administrations, they take their lead from what the president says he needs for the military. these cuts are going to be devastating according to the president's own secretary of defense. it's unprecedented. and best takingly irresponsible for a president to have done that. we now know from the woodward book that administration sponsored it, the president wanted it and threatened to veto attempts to prevent it. it's very dangerous for the american people and governor romney talked about that in the convention speech. >> was it irresponsible for paul ryan to vote for it as well? >> no. i don't begrudge members of congress. i said this in the first press conference call i did of this on either party to believe in the commander in chief thought either the reductions were tolerable or he would be able to prevent them to give him the benefit of the doubt. paul has done -- once he realized the situation he's done everything he could to prevent them. the p
. >> with respect to you, andrea, barack obama is the commander in chief and members of congress, this is true no matter -- throughout all administrations, they take their lead from what the president says he needs for the military. these cuts are going to be devastating according to the president's own secretary of defense. it's unprecedented. and best takingly irresponsible for a president to have done that. we now know from the woodward book that administration sponsored it, the...
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and the president's pastor, reverend joel hunter, one of president obama's closest advisers and a man who disagrees with the president's historic gay marriage announcement is coming here. and good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. it's deja vu all over again. congressional republicans promising to block nel increase in the debt ceiling unless it is offset by spending cuts. the leadership of both parties is meeting at the white house for the first time since february at a d.c. sandwich shop today, the president previewed the hoagie summit. >> my message to congress and i'm going to have a chance to see the congressional leadership when i get back to the white house, i'm going to offer them hogies while they're there is let's go ahead and act to the help build and sustain momentum for our economy. there will be more than enough time for us to campaign and politic but make sure we don't lose steam at a time when a lot of folks like these are feeling optimistic. >> what about speaker boehner this morning about the debt? >> thank you, everybody. thank you, guys. >> not worried a
and the president's pastor, reverend joel hunter, one of president obama's closest advisers and a man who disagrees with the president's historic gay marriage announcement is coming here. and good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. it's deja vu all over again. congressional republicans promising to block nel increase in the debt ceiling unless it is offset by spending cuts. the leadership of both parties is meeting at the white house for the first time since february at a d.c....